This week in monetary policy: Australia, Thailand, Albania, United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Romania

July 31, 2016

By CentralBankNews.info

  This week (August 1 through August 6) central banks from 6 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Australia, Thailand, Albania, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and Romania.
  Following table includes the name of the country, the date of the next policy decision, the current policy rate, the result of the last policy decision, the change in the policy rate year to date, the rate one year ago, and the country’s MSCI classification.
  The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on This Week.

WEEK 31
AUG 1 – AUG 6, 2016:
COUNTRY DATE RATE LATEST YTD 1 YR AGO MSCI
AUSTRALIA 2-Aug 1.75% 0 -25 2.00% DM
THAILAND 3-Aug 1.50% 0 0 1.50% EM
ALBANIA 3-Aug 1.25% -25 -50 2.00%
UNITED KINGDOM 4-Aug 0.50% 0 0 0.50% DM
CZECH REPUBLIC 4-Aug 0.05% 0 0 0.05% EM
ROMANIA 4-Aug 1.75% 0 0 1.75% FM